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WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Hand Of Fear : Part 4" (Ending, 1980)

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Doctor Who on a Thursday at 10pm? Here's something cool for you Who fans - one of the earliest yet discovered Doctor Who excerpts from WTTW Channel 11. I give you the ending for Part 4 of "The Hand of Fear".

This was back when they aired the episodes as they did in England; in half-hour installments, before Marty Robinson got the brilliant idea of editing all the parts in a story together and putting it on Sunday evenings.

Also notice the addition of the "Int...

ON TV - Alien (On-Screen ID, 1981)

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Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie Alien - the scene where they find the fossilized "space jockey" in the derelict vessel. (I've heard that the Alien prequel currently being worked on will reveal the backstory to this thing and what the heck it was)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 2nd 1981.

Hawaiian Punch with Donny & Marie - "Season's Greetings" (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's a syrupy holiday commercial for Hawaiian Punch with Donny & Marie - two people I'd like to give a Hawaiian Punch to.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981.

WLS Channel 7 - The Day After (Commercial Break #5 - Post-Movie, 1983)

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Here is Commercial Break #5 during The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Technically, this aired immediately after the movie ended. No sponsor wanted to buy ad time after the bombs were dropped, so there were no commercial breaks or interruptions for a full hour and 19 minutes! (until this) Includes:

ABC Circle Films ID

Commodore Computers (with actor Chris...

WLS Channel 7 - Delta House - "The Legacy" (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for the premiere episode of the very short-lived series Delta House, "The Legacy," on WLS Channel 7.

The program was a spin-off of, and produced by the very same people (and studio) as, the 1978 box-office smash "National Lampoon's Animal House," with John Vernon reprising his role as Faber College's Dean Vernon Wormer from the said movie, as well as Stephen Furst as Kent Dorfman; Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson Day; and James...

ON TV - "The Cat And The Canary" (Opening, 1982)

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Here's the opening for the ON TV presentation of the Bob Hope movie "The Cat and the Canary". Includes the ON TV logo animation at the beginning, but curiously, no MPAA ratings notice. It couldn't be that it's just an innocuous G-rated film, because they would show the rating even when it was G. Strange.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 13th 1982 at 8:30pm.

Burger King - "A Crucial Question" with Elisabeth Shue (Commercial, 1984)

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Here's another commercial for Burger King featuring Elisabeth Shue.

She can butter my burger any day.

"Aren't you hungry for Burger King now?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 2nd 1984.

Tic Tac With Ally Sheedy (Commercial, 1978)

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Here's a commercial for Tic Tacs breath mints featuring yet another appearance of a young, pre-fame Ally Sheedy. (and that guy from Revenge of the Nerds)

Not to mention that the commercial is completely insane. ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 31st 1978 during the 3:30pm to 5pm timeframe.

WNBQ Channel 5 - The Dorsey Connors Show (Part 1, 1963)

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Here's Part 1 of an edition of The Dorsey Connors Show on WNBQ Channel 5 (which, like most shows of this period, is only available via 16mm kinescope film). Ms. Connors, who died on September 5th 2007, was a fixture on Chicago radio and television in the early years of the latter medium, with a daytime program that was along the lines of shows such as that of Lee Phillip on WBBM Channel 2. But whereas Ms. Phillip continually remade herself (and in the process, remained a Chicago TV p...